| ACQUISITION METHOD CODE. | | 'All Departments | 3 | ACQUIRE DIRECTLY FROM THE ACTUAL MANUFACTURER, WHETHER OR NOT THE PRIME CONTRACTOR IS THE ACTUAL MANUFACTURER. |
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| ACQUISITION METHOD SUFFIX CODE. | | 'All Departments | H | THE GOVERNMENT PHYSICALLY DOES NOT HAVE IN ITS POSSESSION SUFFICIENT, ACCURATE, OR LEGIBLE DATA TO PURCHASE THIS PART FROM OTHER THAN CURRENT SOURCE(S). (NOTE: THIS CODE IS APPLICABLE ONLY TO PARTS UNDER IMMEDIATE BUY REQUIREMENTS AND ONLY AS LONG AS THE DEFICIENCY IS UNDER REVIEW FOR RESOLUTION AND APPROPRIATE RECODING.) VALID AMCS: 1, 2, 3, 4 AND 5. |
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| MAJOR ORGANIZATIONAL ENTITY. | | Air Force | DF | Air Force | | Defense Logistics Agency. | DS | Defense Logistics Agency. |
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| PRECIOUS METALS INDICATOR CODES. | | All Departments | U | Precious Metal type is unknown. |
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| AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT. | | All Departments | 0 | Represents items with no ADP components. NOTE: Codes 1 through 6 are only to be used when the item is Automatic Data Processing Equipment (ADPE) in its entirety and is limited to the type meeting only one of the definitions for codes 1 through 6. (See code 9). |
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| ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE CODE. | | All Departments | B | Represents items with ESD sensitivity. |
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| HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INDICATOR CODE. | | All Departments | P | Indicates there is no information in the HMIRS; however, the NSN is in a FSC in Table II of Federal Standard 313 and a MSDS may be required by the user. The requirement for a MSDS is dependent on a hazard determination of the supplier or the intended end use of the product. |
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| DEMILITARIZATION CODE. | | All Departments | B | USML Items – Mutilation to the point of scrap required worldwide. (Note 7). (See DODI 2030.08 for scrap definition). |
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